Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast asphalt retail prices mostly steady, except some lower prices in New York.
- East Coast wholesale flux and asphalt prices unchanged.
- Midwest retail markets are mostly steady, with a few adjustments to some selling ranges.
- Midwest wholesale barge prices firmer for paving grade–rail and roofing flux are steady.
- Gulf Coast asphalt retail prices mostly steady, lower in Arkansas – flux lower in some areas.
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt prices unchanged for the week.
- Markets are steady in the Rockies for retail and wholesale product this week.
- Selling prices are soft for southern California paving grade, but steady in rest of West Coast.
- Western Canada prices are unchanged, as the paving season slowly gets going.
- Eastern Canada retail prices are in slightly narrower ranges in Quebec and Ontario.
- July NYMEX WTI crude ends the week unchanged, at $96.29 per bbl.
- Spot Western Canadian Select (WCS) discount to June WTI eases to about $21/bbl.
- July Brent-to-WTI crude premium grows to near $8 per bbl—reversing its recent trend.
